Record filing device



Sept. 27, 1966 A. P. JANSSEN RECORD FILING DEVICE Filed Sept. 28, 1964INVENTOR 92 ALEXANDER PAI'TON J'mssiu My, 7 ATTYS United States Patent3,274,715 RECORD FILING DEVICE Alexander Patton Janssen,Charlottesville, Va., asslgnor to Acme Visible Records, Inc., Crozet,Va., a corporation of Delaware Filed Sept. 28, 1964, Ser. No. 399,553 2Claims. (Cl. 40102) This invention relates to improvements in recorddevices and particularly to new and improved h nges for swingablymounting flexible record panels on wire hangers, the wire hanger beingadapted to be mounted on a holder in spaced parallel relation to 'aplurality of like hangers and endwise supported in the holder.

It is a particular object of the persent invention to provide new andimproved hinges which will facilitate the mounting of a plurality offlexible record devices on a single wire hanger, with tubular portionsof the hlnges which swingably mount the record panels on the hanger inabuting or substantially abuting engagement.

It has heretofore been proposed to employ record devices as aforesaidwherein the length of the tubular portion of the hinge which engages thewire hanger 1s of lesser length than the adajacent body portion of thehinge as in Hall United States Patent 2,690,781, or wherein the tubularportion of the hinge is of equal length to the adjacent main bodyportion of the hinge, such as in Hall United States Patents 2,498,808and 2,537,268. In such instances where the side edges of the hinge bodyextends beyond or is flush with the ends of the tubular or barrelportion of the hinge, and where two or more record panels are mounted ona single wire hanger, there is created an excessive build-up of layersadjacent to the wire hanger, thus causing fanning of the record panels,i.e., an outward flaring instead of desired lying of the record panelsin plane parallel relationship to each other. This is particularlyaccentuated when a plurality ofwire hangers each carrying groups ofrecord panels in hinged engagement thereon are mounted on a singleholder.

It is an object of the present invention to prevent such fanning and toprovide hinges constructed in a manner whereby when they are disposedadjacent to each other on a single wire hanger the record panels towhich they are engaged will have space to flex, conform readily to aplane and thus lie flatter than was the case heretofore, and thusprovide an overall more compact assembly.

The objects of the present invention are accomplished by constructingthe hinges in a substantial T-shape; that is to say, with the length ofthe tubular portion greater than that of the adjacent flat main bodyportion of the hinge. This permits the tubular portions of the adjacenthinges to abut above the edges of the record panels while causing theadjacent body portions which lie against the record panel to be spacedfrom each other, this permitting an area of flexing between adjacenthinge bodies on adjacent panels carried by the same wire hanger.

The objects and advantages of the present invention, its details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts and advantages and economiesthereof will be further apparent from a consideration of the followingspecification and accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a side elevation of a recordholder device suitable for use in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of a pair of superimposed or adjacentrecord panels each having a hinge secured thereto with one in abutingrelationship to the other in accordance with the practice of the persentinvention.

FIG. 3 is a section on the line 3--3 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a section on the line 44 of FIG. 2.

3,274,715 Patented Sept. 27, 1966 FIG. 5 is a perspective View of aplurality of hingedly mounted record panels on a single wire hanger inaccordance with the practice of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the hinges of the present invention arecomposed of a strip of metal cut and bent to define a main body portion10, a pair of legs or prongs 11, 11 extended through the recorded panel12 and bent up into plane parallel relationship with the record panel 12and the main hinge body 10. At the opposed end of the main hinge body10, there is formed a barrel or tubular portion 13 adapted to receive amounting wire hanger 14. The described hinge, insofar as it comprisesthe main body 10, prongs 11, and a tube or barrel portion 13, issubstantially similar to the wire hanger shown in Hall Patent 2,690,781,with the exception that whereas in the aforesaid patent the main bodyportion extends beyond the tubular portion, in the present instance thetubular portion 13 extends beyond the side edges of the main body 10. Inthe aforesaid Hall Patents 2,498,808 and 2,537,268 the main body portionis of equal width or length with the tubular portion.

Although not shown, it will be understood that in the practice of thepersent invention the legs 11 can be shorter as in the case of the lasttwo patents mentioned, and likewise the free edge of the tube 13 canterminate in a short flange extension in plane parallel relationship tothe main body 10 as in the aforesaid last two patents when it is desiredto engage the hinges to the record card by hand, rather than by machine.

The record body 12 can be composed of paper stock such as thin flexiblepaperboard, and instead of being a continuous flat sheet can be providedwith a marginal edge portion defining a. pocket therewith. In thealternate, the sheet material can be composed of flexible plastic andsuitably in the form of a double sheet of plastic, providing a side edgeopen pocket, as shown in the illustrations of the present invention.

As appears from the relatively enlarged section of FIG. 3, wherein fiverecord panels each of double thickness for mounting on a single wirehanger with the hinges of one record panel in substantially abuttingrelationship with the hinges of another panel, it will be seen that dueto the spacing of the main body portions 10 of each adjacent hinge aflexing as at 15 is provided between the bodies in each adjacent hingeand thus inhibiting fanning out of the adjacent record panels andpermitting a flatter, more compact, assembly. This of course isparticularly important when a plurality of such wire hangers 14 aremounted in the holder device generally indicated as 16 with the hangersparallel and with their ends disposed in the notches 17 of the sides 18of the holder body 16. In such case each group of record panels, whileedgewise spaced from an adjacent group, largely overlies such group, andit is therefore especially important that each panel be as flat aspossible.

Although I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art thatchanges may be made in the details thereof without departing from itsscope as comprehended by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A record device comprising a plurality of flexible record panels, aspaced pair of hinges swingingly mounting each of said record panels,and a wire hanger, said hinges each being of uniform contour andcomprising a fiat main body portion, prongs extending integrally andreturn bent from one edge of said body portion and lying in planeparallel spaced relation to one face of said body portion projectingthrough and in engagement with one edge portion of said record panels,and an integral tubular portion at the opposed end of said body lyingwholly on said one face and in engagement on said wire hanger andprojecting over the engaged edge of the record panel, the length of saidtube being greater than that of the adjacent flat main body portion ofthe hinge, the hinge tubes of one record panel being in substantialendwise abutment with the hinge tubes of an adjacent panel and freelypivotal with respect thereto.

2. A record device comprising a holder, a plurality of spaced parallelwire hangers endwise supported in said holder, a plurality of flexiblerecord panels on at least one of said hangers, and a spaced pair ofhinges swingingly mounting each of said record panels, said hinges eachbeing of uniform contour and comprising a flat main body portion, prongsextending integrally and return bent from one edge of said body portionand lying in plane parallel spaced relation to one face of said bodyportion projecting through and in engagement with one edge portion ofsaid record panels, and an integral tubular portion at the opposed endof said body lying wholly on said one face and in engagement on a wirehanger and projecting over the engaged edge of the record panel, thelength of said tube being greater than that of the adjacent flat mainbody portion of the hinge, the hinge tubes of one record panel of saidplurality of panels mounted on a single hanger being in substantialendwise abutment with the hinge tubes of an adjacent panel and freelypivotal with respect thereto.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,852,738 4/1932Dawson 12916.7 1,955,592 4/1934 Linn 12916.7 2,184,853 12/1939 Smythe40-102 X 2,448,435 8/1948 Johnson 12916.7 2,498,808 2/1950 Hall 401022,530,071 11/1950 Nash 40102 2,690,781 9/1954 Hall 29-33.5

FOREIGN PATENTS 270,285 12/ 1929 Italy.

JEROME SCHNALL, Primary Examiner.

1. A RECORD DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE RECORD PANELS, ASPACED PAIR OF HINGES SWINGINGLY MOUNTING EACH OF SAID RECORD PANELS,AND A WIRE HANGER, SAID HINGES EACH BEING OF UNIFORM CONTOUR ANDCOMPRISING A FLAT MAIN BODY PORTION, PRONGS EXTENDING INTEGRALLY ANDRETURN BENT FROM ONE EDGE OF SAID BODY PORTION AND LYING IN PLANEPARALLEL SPACED RELATION TO ONE FACE OF SAID BODY PORTION PROJECTINGTHROUGH AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE EDGE PORTION OF SAID RECORD PANELS,AND AN INTEGRAL TUBULAR PORTION AT THE OPPOSED END OF SAID BODY LYINGWHOOLLY ON SAID ONE FACE AND IN ENGAGEMENT ON SAID WIRE HANGER ANDPROJECTING OVER THE ENGAGED EDGE OF THE RECORD PANEL, THE LENGTH OF SAIDTUBE BEING GREATER THAN THAT OF THE ADJACENT FLAT MAIN BODY PORTION OFTHE HINGE, THE HINGE TUBES OF ONE RECORD PANEL BEING IN SUBSTANTIALENDWISE ABUTMENT WITH THE HINGE TUBES OF AN ADJACENT PANEL AND FREELYPIVOTAL WITH RESPECT THERETO